The article gives an insight into how security lending and borrowing is done. Stock Lending and Borrowing is an important activity in equity and bond markets. As per BBA,UK following are benefits of securities lending and borrowing.
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Finance

The article highlights the reason why you should not buy mutual funds. Let me take you through some hard facts on why you should not go for mutual fund route of investment into stocks. Please note this analysis has been done in Indian context and most of it will be applicable in global markets.
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Finance

The article analyses impact of Savings Deposit rate deregulation in India by RBI. RBI monetary policy review has become more of a , Cut, Copy and Paste' affair in recent times. Every time when RBI comes out with a reveiw, there is in an increase in repo and reverse repo rate by either 25 or 50 basis point by RBI.
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Finance

The article gives what MSME in India need to do to keep their business running. Do you own a business which can be classified as MSME? If so, you need to know certain information that will be extremely helpful in running the business
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Finance

The article explains the risk management in context of Worldcom Debacle. Worldcom was America's second largest telecom company in 2000. But, the company filed for bankruptcy protection on July 21st, 2002. Could it have been avoided?
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Finance

The article gives an insight into Credit score used by CIBIL, the leading credit rating agency. As of now, India has four credit bureau i.e. 1) CIBIL, 2) EXPERIAN, 3) EQUIFAX and 4) HIGH MARK. Effectively CIBIL is the bureau which is most widely used.
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Finance

The article explains concept of operational risk and how this can be managed. It has been defined under BASEL-2 guidelines as,' The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people or systems or from external events'.
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The article is an attempt to explain significance of profit and loss account of a company. The profit account and the loss account are a very critical indicator of performance for a given period as it measures how the company has done in terms of profitability.
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Finance

The article gives an insight into various terminologies used in options contract. Option is a financial contract in which buyer of the contract has the right but not the obligation to buy or sell an asset at a given price on or before a date
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Finance

The article analyses the relationship between service quality and competition in context of Indian market. There is a cut throat competition in India in several areas of business like mobile phone services, airlines, banking etc. Has this indeed benefited customers? The article analyses mobile number portability effectiveness.
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The article provides details of programs offered by CISI in the financial sector domain. The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) is one of the largest and most widely respected professional body for those who work in the securities and investment industry in the UK and in a growing number of major financial centres round the world.
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Careers

The article gives an insight into ex-date and cum-date. Companies provide benefits to the shareholders in different forms. The benefits distributed by the companies are in two forms: 1) Cash Benefits and 2) Non cash benefits.
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Finance

The article attempts to explain Oligopoly in US markets.It explain under which model of oligopoly airlines operate under i.e. Sweezy model, Cournot model, Stackelberg model or Bertrand model. If they do not operate under any of these, what is the reason for the same?
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Finance

The article explains the various functions provided by custodians. Custodian, as the word suggest, is an entity which acts as the intermediary in the securities transactions business by performing the task of managing the securities on behalf of their clients.
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Finance

The article gives brief overview of bonds across the world. A bond is an IOU instrument. This means that an issuer of a bond owes certain amount to the subscriber and agrees to pay the amount to the subscriber after a specified period of time
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Finance

The article highlights the critical aspects that you need to understand with respect to investments. Here is a series of eleven important resolutions that an individual needs to make in the New Year
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Finance

The article traces the reasons for CFP certification not being successful in India. CFP or Certified Financial Planner is a certification awarded by Financial Planning Standard Board, India.
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Finance